Self-blame and stress in undergraduate college students: The mediating role of proactive coping.

This study aimed to examine the mediating relationship of proactive coping on self-blame and stress among US undergraduate college students. The sample of undergraduate college students ( = 261) were recruited through their Introduction to Psychology course and registered for the study through a research-based computer program utilized at the university in the fall 2010 and spring 2011 semesters. Participants voluntarily completed a battery of self-report questionnaires that measured self-blame, proactive coping, and stress.

The multidimensional scale of perceived social support: analyses of internal reliability, measurement invariance, and correlates across gender.

In this study, we examined estimates of internal consistency reliability, measurement invariance, and differential correlates of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS; Zimet, Dahlem, Zimet, & Farley, 1988) in samples of undergraduate men (n = 270) and women (n = 340). The MSPSS is designed to assess 3 sources of perceived social support: family, friends, and significant others. The participants ranged in age from 18 to 24 years (M(age) = 19.

SAT Performance: Understanding the Contributions of Cognitive/Learning and Social/Personality Factors.

This study identifies a number of sources of individual differences in SAT performance by examining the simultaneous contributions of factors from two otherwise disparate research areas, namely cognition/learning and social/personality. Preliminary analysis revealed that just the cognitive/learning measures accounted for 37.8, 41.

Efficacy of brief couples support groups developed to manage the stress of in vitro fertilization treatment.

Objective: To assess the efficacy of brief couples support groups offered concurrently with in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment.

Patients And Methods: Couples in IVF treatment were given the option of participating in a biweekly support group at the IVF clinic at Wilford Hall Medical Center, San Antonio, Tex. At least 1 member of 26 couples participated in the brief couples support groups, and at least 1 member of 19 other couples completed the questionnaires but did not attend the support group sessions and so comprised the control group.